Effects of artificial lights and moonlight on petrels at St Kilda

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-251

  Miles, Will ^a   Money, Sarah ^b   Luxmoore, Richard ^c   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Raintree House   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; FLEDGING; JUVENILE; LIGHT EFFECT; LUNAR CYCLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SAINT KILDA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; HYDROBATES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS;

EID: 77954001126     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063651003605064     Document Type: Article

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